Visual Studio 2015 Password Generator

[Joemoma]

Hey everyone, I'm very new to the world of coding but i've been really interested in creating a Random password Generator that i can put on my USB. But i've been seeing an oddity where my code examples are not matching those in videos i've been watching (*yes they were same program and everything) i would follow their instructions and my code parameters are different

 

Their Code would say: 

 

Private Sub blahblahblahl

 

 My code is labeled:

 

Private Void blahblahblah

 

and anytime i try to copy paste pre-written code it is just full of errors.. so, any suggestions to whats up? or even where i should start with my new coding interest?

 

 

[VioDuskar]

i'm assuming you're using namespace standard?

[Joemoma]

@VioDuskar yes

 

using System.Drawing;

using System.Linq;

using System.Text;

using System.Threading.Tasks;

using System.Windows.Forms;

 

namespace WindowsFormsApplication2

{

    public partial class Form1 : Form

    {

        public Form1()

        {

            InitializeComponent();

        }

 

        private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

        {

 

        }

    }

}

 

So i opened VS > New Project > Selected Windows Forms Application  and it by Defaults uses the "private void" instead of the "private sub" like i see in all the other videos

[as96]

 

So i opened VS > New Project > Selected Windows Forms Application  and it by Defaults uses the "private void" instead of the "private sub" like i see in all the other videos

 

"sub" is a VB thing, you are using C#

[Joemoma]

"sub" is a VB thing, you are using C#

Dam, alright. i'll try that real quick

 

Edit: .... i think i love you.. hahah. i literally just got into this 2 days ago. so i never caught that mistake =))  thank ya sir.  .... Now to try to get something working lol

[madknight3]

If you're going to use this for anything that needs to be secure, then you'll need to use a cryptographically strong random number generator. It's highly recommended that you avoid using your own implementation as it's very unlikely to be secure. The RNGCryptoServiceProvider class is one option supplied by the .NET framework.

 

If you don't need it to be secure, then you can pretty much go with anything, even your own creation. The Random class is provided by the .NET framework.

[Joemoma]

If you're going to use this for anything that needs to be secure, then you'll need to use a cryptographically strong random number generator. It's highly recommended that you avoid using your own implementation as it's very unlikely to be secure. The RNGCryptoServiceProvider class is one option supplied by the .NET framework.

 

If you don't need it to be secure, then you can pretty much go with anything, even your own creation. The Random class is provided by the .NET framework.

Yes i was not planning on actually using it for anything YET, i'm mainly using this as a learning experience

[as96]

Dam, alright. i'll try that real quick

 

Edit: .... i think i love you.. hahah. i literally just got into this 2 days ago. so i never caught that mistake =))  thank ya sir.  .... Now to try to get something working lol

No problem, if you need anything else just ask

[Joemoma]

No problem, if you need anything else just ask

well my next implementation would be to have it follow a certain pattern but have that pattern be random.  kind of like:   Number, Letter, Number, Letter.   but have each of those be a random number and random letter.  i know that it consists of creating a String = "ABCDEFG"... etc. but thats about as much as i know. like i said, i just picked this up this week and trying to do self taught a little

[Nater]

Like this? http://prntscr.com/8pluc2

 

Oh you're using the wrong language.

[Nuluvius]

You know there's Membership.GeneratePassword right?

using System;using System.Web.Security;namespace ConsoleApplication1{    class Program    {        static void Main(string[] args)        {            var rnd = new Random();            for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++)            {                                Console.WriteLine(Membership.GeneratePassword(rnd.Next(5, 30), rnd.Next(0, 5)));            }            Console.ReadKey();        }    }}

[Nater]

 

You know there's Membership.GeneratePassword right?

using System;using System.Web.Security;namespace ConsoleApplication1{    class Program    {        static void Main(string[] args)        {            var rnd = new Random();            for (var i = 0; i < 5; i++)            {                                Console.WriteLine(Membership.GeneratePassword(rnd.Next(5, 30), rnd.Next(0, 5)));            }            Console.ReadKey();        }    }}

 

 

I've actually never used that before what does the output look like? (In the middle of a csgo game can't look myself)

[Nuluvius]

I've actually never used that before what does the output look like? (In the middle of a csgo game can't look myself)

 

It looks like random garbage 

[Nater]

It looks like random garbage 

 

Similar to http://prntscr.com/8pluc2?

[Joemoma]

@Nater alright i got it set up using a Mask, and using String Values. so more or less:

 

Private Const assorted As String = "0123456789abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ!@#$%^&*[]{}()-=_+"

 

If (Mask© = "@") Then

                Output.Append(Random.Next(0, 9))                                                                          'Replace all @ symbols with a random number from 0 to 9

            ElseIf (Mask© = "$") Then

 

                Output.Append(UpperCaseKeys(Random.Next(0, UpperCaseKeys.Length())))      'Replace all $ symbols with a random uppercase letter

            ElseIf (Mask© = "#") Then

 

                Output.Append(LowerCaseKeys(Random.Next(0, LowerCaseKeys.Length())))     'Replace all # symbols with a random lowercase letter

            ElseIf (Mask© = "!") Then

 

                Output.Append(assorted(Random.Next(0, LowerCaseKeys.Length())))

            Else

 

                Output.Append(Mask©)                                                                                         'If there isn't a @, $ or # then keep the original character

            End If

Next

        Return Output.ToString 'return the output

    End Function

 

    Private Sub Button1_Click(sender As System.Object, e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click

        str = (GenMask("@$$@@")) 'Make a string with the input mask (red) and put it in the str variable

        TextBox1.Text = str 'show the string in the textbox

 

        str = (GenMask("!!!!-!!!!-!!!!-!!!!"))

        TextBox2.Text = str

    End Sub

 

 

So while exploring this subject... i kinda got interested in Keygens... specifically for Malwarebytes (because i use it).  would anyone happen to know the specific pattern for the Key?  i know the ID is  #LL##, i tried just using the fully randomized string for the Key but nothing stuck.  

[as96]

So while exploring this subject... i kinda got interested in Keygens... specifically for Malwarebytes (because i use it).  would anyone happen to know the specific pattern for the Key?  i know the ID is  #LL##, i tried just using the fully randomized string for the Key but nothing stuck.  

 

Keygen are more complex than "generate some random key until it works", you can do a quick google search on how they work but you'll need some ASM knowledge, also it's not something that we are allowed to discuss, it's agains the CoC.

[Joemoma]

Keygen are more complex than "generate some random key until it works", you can do a quick google search on how they work but you'll need some ASM knowledge, also it's not something that we are allowed to discuss, it's agains the CoC.

Ah, yea wasnt too sure about the "legality" of talking about it on the forums. thanks for all the help though =))

 

[madknight3]

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